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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-18
AwoBderfuI WALKING stick.

Robert Yale, of Norwich. n. Y, has
historical cane, which probably is the
oldest walking stick ever built in this or
any other country.
It contains 1000 pieces Of wood and
each iulaii piece Is given an artistic and
verlOus colOred woods Is given most
artistic look. although no color is used
upon it. He planned and Constructed it,
and the cane represents five months a5rr
Sixty Of the 1000 pieces OF v,sg- are
relics of great value 70 the relic hunter
and comprise "A piece OF WOOD from the
oldest tenantable house in America. the
Fairbanks residence. built In lG2l. and
now occupied by the seventh generation
The head of the cane is from the tree
at Crown Point 10 which General Putnam
was tied after being condemned to death
by burning by the Indians.
Set in the cane Is a wreath OF hair from
the head Of Rebecca Bates, one of the he
roines whose strategy drove the British
to their shipping after landing to attack
Scituate, Mass.
There IS a piece Of wood from the Char
ter Oak; another from the House Of Han
cock. the first signer of the Declaration
of Independence; another from the house
where witchcraft originated in Salem.
and another from the building where the
victims of that craze were tried.
Set in the cane is a small piece OF Ply
mouth Rock. and also a piece Of wood
from the AIayflower; also woods from
five different forts on Lake ChamplEin.
from Hawthornes residence at Salem.
from the church where Roger Williams
preached, and from the troe beneath
which Jonathan Edwards preached 10 the
Indians at Stockbridge. Conn; also
piece from the curhinE OF the well com
memorated by Woodwork i'm his poem,
o. The Old Oaken Bucket"
q
is a piece of wood from the TuSso oak.
The cane is a unique and attractive
piece OF work, and is valued at $500 by
its owner Norwich Bulletin.
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The First Cigar.

The first smoke don't last as long as
case of sea sickness, but while 1t does
last it is original and unique.
The new smoker is no Judge of cigars.
he invariably takes a strong one.
He goes a good deal by the box in
which he finds the cigars. If a cigar has
a fancy paper ring about it he will take
it at any price. If he lives he will know
better.
Out on the shady side Of the barn he
takes himself and his cigar. He is
afraid that some ore will modest him.
He lights the cigar, and holding it in
the most awkward manner between his
fingers pufTs and expectOrates. It seems
manly to smoke, and he pictures himself
narratiug to his chums how vel lie han
died himself and his first cigar.
The sensation is not at all pleasant.
He allows longer time to eIapse between
his puffs and wishes that the cigar would
burn up more rapidly. The mOu h has
a peculiar taste, which frequent eNPecto-
ratiOns will not remove The old famil-
lar fence is turning green. He sees
everything circle around him.
He is better after while. Flat on his
back on the green sward, he looks up ut
the blue heavens overhead and watches
the fleecy white clouds float in many di-
rectiOns
Dinner has no attractions for him.
Candy would not tempt him to get up.
He hears his name called by an elder
brother. It sounds way OF, as if in a
dream. Nearer and nearer it comes,
and finally the owner of the voice comes
around the corner OF the barn.
He guesses the cause, for he sees the
half-smoked cigar. If he is a real good
boy with a box full of Sunday
tickets. he will tell his mother, and the
young smoker will he taken 10 the house
and lectured for the rest OF his bOyhOod
days.
If he is real bad boy, one whose bad
ness insures his living to manhoOd's
estate he will get his sick brother up on
the hay in the old barn, and will tell d
fib at the table to excuse his abs nee.
His kindness will cost the inexperi-
enced smoker later on many marbles,
much candy. and the best OF everything.
He will threaten to inform their parents
many times Of the first smoke, and will
scare the smoker into many scrapes and
much trouble st, Paul Globe.
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a Pretty Legend About the Came1iia.

Though the camellia is odorless, there
Is no flower that blooms comparable to
it for size and rich coloring This darling
Of the winter will always be a favorite.
There is pretty legend connected
with the camellia and how this beautiful
white flower obtained it's name.
Ferdinand VI. of Spain, whilo suffering
under the hereditary melancholy from
which he subsequently died, was pacing
to and fro one December day in the
year 1879 IN his bedroom in the Palace
Royal of Madrid.
He was interrupted by the entrance
OF Maria Theresa, his Queen, who bounded
gayly into the room. In her hand she
held flower of dazzling whiteness,
which she presented to her husband.
A beautiful flower, but scentless,
exclaimed the King, folding in his arms
the wife whom he passionately loved.
g 1t is the new flower Of the Philip
pines" said the Queen. Il have kept
the best for you"
The flower which Maria Theresa
brought to her husband a century and
half ago had been presented to her
the previous day by Jesuit missionary
just returned from the Indies.
Craving an audience from his sover-
eign, he brought his Offering, a small
shrub with glossy green leaves on which
blossOmed two magnificent white flowers
which he had brought from the Island OF
Luzon, one of the Philippine group. 1t
was about three feet in height and grew
in a vase of mother-Of-pearl. The Jesuit
donor was named Camellla.
Cuttings from the rare shrub were
carefully cultivated in the hot-house Of
El Buen Retro at Madrid.
Though it was introduced into Spain
toward the end of 1879, the new flower Of
Father Camellia remained for long
time in a state of semi-obscurity, as the
possessors jealously guarded it lest it
should become common. The monopoly
was gradually relaxed, and the camel
liza now blooms nearly as universally
as other beautiful ornaments of the
flower garden.-[ New Orleans States.
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CLEVER FEMALE DETECTIVES
Some Cases In which Their Smarfuess
Was Rewarded with Success.


A New York reporter found a woman's
detective agency, located downtown
1t is managed by a woman who has
been in the detective business for about
twelve years. She is well known to
many lawyers and her reputation for
flrst-class work is excellent She is of
middle age, OF rather stout build, and
has pleasant attractive face. She was
dressed in black
" called 90 get a reply from you to
the iHtimation that women do not amount
to much as detectives" said the reporter
to her
{" have no reply to make" she said
" l do not seek notoriety of any kind.
I do my work as well and as careful
ly as l know how, and my customers
appear to be satisfied"
- Do 1 employ women to act as detec-
tives? Yes. several; though as a rule
l do the most of 1t myself. When
you want work done most TO your
own satisfaction you must do it your
SELF
To-day there was a man In court
who was arrested through the work OF
this Office, and have an important case
on hand of which l shall be glad to
give you particulars at the proper time,
but more than this 1 do not care to
tell you about my work or myself.
The woman whom 1 will speak of
had an important case that involved
the finding of a mother and her child
who had gone West. The parties who
wanted to find the woman and child
employed her TO discover their where
abouts. 1t was very necessary to learn
this in a suit that was pending.
'' The opponents TO the suit knew
where they had gone to and had as their
counsel two of the leading lawyers of
Brooklyn. The woman detective decided
to take the bull by the horns, as the
saying is. She arrayed herself in deep
mourning and called on one of these
lawyers, representing herself as the
widowed sister of the woman who had
left for parts unknown.
'' She told them that she had i'm
portant papers to send her sister and
talked so plausibly to the counsellor
that he gave the whole thing away
telling her the place to which the
woman and child had gone and all about
his side of the case.
d" No sooner had our detective got
out of the sight OF this lawyers Office
then she started in all haste to find
the woman, not even going home to
to her husband that she was obliged TO
go out of town and started for Indiana
Il believe that was the State) on the very
next train.
q She found the woman and child in
the place she went to and thus ac-
cOmplished her task most success
fully.
" Another bright operation Of hers was
in obtaining Information from or about
a household which could only be OBJ
tained by person inside the house.
She affected the Irish brOgue and made
application at the house TO be engaged
as cook.
" Her services as such were accepted
and she remained in the household
several days, long enough to obtain all
the information that was desired Then
she quit, telling the people that she
found the work too hard for her"
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Mr.. Dawes, of the Coast Line, who is a
bundle Of nerves and talent, told US some
apt stories.
He said that one of the officers of a
road was much annoyed at the impor-
tunate curiosity of an old Boston lady,
with indesoribable bangs upon her
forehead and gigantic spectacles upon
her nose.
Every time the train stopped for fuel
this formidable female wanted to know
what caused the detention.
Tired OF this monotOnous interroga-
ton, the prosecuted man determined to
put a vindictive stop to 1t. When the
dragon of virtue assailed him again
with the old question: he replied:
" My dear madam, the brakeman is
very sick at the stomach"
90 Good heavens, sirl" calculated the
woman, " is he extremely ill2"
The man nodded in solemn afirma-
ton.
How do you known" shrieked
Boston.
"s Because" wickedly retorted her
victim. " he is throwing up wood"
That silenced her questions, but she
made an angry memorandum and
threatened to report him to the
company.
The prohibition question having been
started Mr. Dawes said the most ludi-
crous sight he had ever seen was a
drunken musician, who, after striking a
few inharmonious notes upon the keys,
crawled up on top of the piano, and
wet to sleep before his astounded and
amused audience!
Mr.. Dawes also stated that he once
had a friend who periodically " swore
off"
One day Dawes met this man Of many
broken promises, and said:
John, have you sworn off AGAIN."
There was an emphatic negative
response. and then a candid declaration
that he had not sworn off, but
stopped lying about itT'-[Augusta
Chronicle.
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Another Earth.

Mars is almost universally accepted as
being kind OF duplicate earth.
It is endowed with land, water, clouds,
and air, and snow accumulating around
its poles IN their respective winter sea-
sons. The atmosphere of the planet is,
however, obviously much more rare than
that of the earth, 50 that it only exerts
at the planets surface a pressure of
about two pounds and quarter to the
square inch.
The elm te of Mars is conceived, from
the small amount OF snow that accumu-
lates at the poles of the planet, to be
comparatively mild.
The water is distributed into very
curious series of long parallel canals
which run out from the ocean basins to
an extent in some places OF three and
four thousand miles.
Two moons have cen discovered since
1877, presenting q diameter of not more
than six or seven miles, and one of them
completing a revolution round the planet
in a little more thar seven hours
Edinburgh Review,
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CARING BABY's PICTURE.
PHOTOGRAPHER.

PHOTOGRAPHER.
"Cards7 Four dollars. Six for this
size.
These will please you best, I think,
I'll be ready in a moment,
And we'll take him, in a wink.
Bring in baby. viii you hold him
Slit in your lap, and-No?
All! | see Then well arrange him
In tbs little high chair.-So =
There, that's easy Heigho, baby,
Going to take little ride?
Want to see the pretty birdyY
(Mhen I'm ready step one side.1
MAMMA.
Now, nv Bessie, do not whisper:
We must still as statues be,
II we speak, the babyll surely
Turn his head and look at me."b
PHOTOGRAPHER.
(''Now, good nurse, please raise him up
A httle-t"ereD y Hear birdy singr
little more - Where's the birdv?
CIhaJ right)-'What shall nurses bringr
(Irv to close his mouth. Come, birdyP
(Now his head is up too high
EasyI.her.9 'Chirp, cbirp- bear
Baby see bird by an by7
(Thays right-keep him 80 O-'Good
STEADY d Baby wouldn't cryr-
(Now then D. Look See Here's
birdyr
Caught him. first time, 'on the lyP
Yes. it's good. I know you'll like ie
I'll have proofs without delay.
Can't be better. Finished FRIDAY,
Very much obliged. Good day
: st. Nicholas.
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NUMBER 9.
NEW YORKs FOOD SUPPLY,
Startling Figures Showing what a Goos
Appetite Tho Metropolis Has

appetite Tho Metropolis Has
New Workers eat. at a low estimate.
about q 600 600 pounds OF beef, mutton
and veal in n week, say 3, 900, 600 pounds
every day In the year. They eat more
In the Fall and Winter Of beef. veal and
mutton than in the Spring and Summer
but, and particularly In holiday times,
poultry fills up the hooks. cracks and
crevices and there il not so much room
for the more solid foods
About one-third Of the beef that New
Workers get outside OF every day Is
dressed beef, dressed in Chicago. shipped
in refrigerator cars and packed in New
York in big. iced storehouSes.
The other twO-thirds comprise un-
dressed beeves, extra steers. prime steers,
good steers. fair steers medium steers.
Colorado steers, Texas steers. all with
nothing but their hides and hair on.
Every day 2, 900 or 5000 Of the Iyu-eS
each weighing 700 pounds when il gets
dressed are devOured as porterhouse,
sirlOin and steak and roast beef
Calves weigh, on the average, when
they are hung up on the butchers hooks.
100 pounds. The calves that weigh
much less than that are young; they
are al bob veal " and the New York Board
Of Health seizes on to them when its
inspectors see them for sale. When the
inspectors do not see them. the " bob
veal is served in swell restaurants
white and tender at double prices.
Sheep and lambs each weigh about IS
pounds. A million pounds Of calves and
sheep and lambs are slowed away every
day in New York where they viii do the
most good.
Hogs from IGO pounds to 100 pounds
are hogs" hogs from 100 pounds to
50 are pigs technically Fifty thous-
sand of hogs and pigs are daily sacri-
iced to the MOlOch Of Manhattan Island
appetite. Tons Of pork chops, thous-
an1s Of pounds Of hOnev-cOm bed tripe
miles Of saUsages and square furlongs
Of crackle are put below.
Some peoples bread is buttered, then
others spread it on thick. Together they
use 100000 and odd pounds OF butter
every day, real butter not Oleomargarine.
It IS calculated that the force expended
by pretty dairy maids on churning that
much butter would raise the Post Ofice
1000 feet into the air and hold it there
for three hours.
One hundred million pounds of cheese
arrived in New York in 1884 and most
of 10 was consumed there The number
Of Welsh rare5its in that much cheese
IS almost incalCulable; a rough estimate
is 30, OG7. 600.
In one week. about Christmas time
the people Of New York have eaten
1854 packages Of dressed poultry. run
ming up into millions Of pounds. One
hundred and thirtv-eight Thousand nine
hundred and sizty-fve barrels Of cram
berries made into sauce were swallowed
with the poultry. In that same week
there We're used in Gotham IS. $40 barrels
of apples. 13S, 365 barrels of potatoes.
279l barrels Of onions, !, ,Ss4 barrels Of
beans, 1875 barrels of peas. 1900
cases of canned meats, 1885 packages
Of dried fruits, S,41l packages of evagor-
GRATED goods and 4994 bags of peanuts
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a Valuable Wood.

In acquiring Burmah. England has got
possession ofvast forests of teak, which,
never plentiful in India, was becoming
commercially very rare. OF all the
woods grown in the East this is the most
valuable.
It is neither too heavy nor too hard;
it does not warp or split under exposure
to heat and dampness; il contains an
essential oil which prevents its rottinS
under wet conditions, and at the same
time acts as a presaTvative to iron and
repels the destructive white ants; II IS,
withal a handsome wood OF several
varieties of color and grain. and takes a
good polish.
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origin ~ wen,. Fashions.

It would be much easier to write about
mems fashions, for all that l would have
to say then would be that the boss tallors
Of Paris appoint a committee each
season, and that to this committee Is
intrusted the getting out OF fashlon
Dlate in which is indicated the modih-
cations to be introduced into the various
bifurcated round -buttoned and split
tailed garments which compose mas
culine toilets.
Members Of the corporation In Paris
follow this fashion plate, and the pro-
vincIal tallors copy after their fellows in
the capital
All this is very simple even II We
take into consideration the fact that
tailors of Paris have been for years
Influenced by John Ehrendall, formerly
of Boston and New York, now the fash
ionabIe tailor of this great capital
Boston Herald. .-- ..---.~o-A-s
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SAW HIS FREEDOM.
Uncle Rand,om at last Recover. HIS Sigh

OhNAo AhHuusoEn 1T AhsN ANcCoNeT9 his ~ Eht-
Old Randsom had been blind during
many years. He had heard the guns OF
war, had heard the shouts of his eTnanci-
pated brethren, but had never seen his
freedom.
He continued to live in his cabin. sur
rounded by his wife and children. who
supported him. His wife died, and his
heartless children, one by one, deserted
him. After this he contrived 10 make a
living by bottoming chairs.
Several months ago he became too
feeble to work. About that time a Young
man whom the old negro had nursed,
came home.
You needn't try TO work any more,
Uncle Randsom," said the young man.
81 have bought the plantation, and q
part of what l make shall be yours"
"Thankee, Mars Bob thankee. sab.
'Twont be fur long, sab. fur de ole man
is getttn' putty close to de eend o. de
row"
It was not for long.
One night, after storm, when the
wind was sinking to rest, the young man
stood by the bedside of the old negro.
Are you suffering much pain, Uncle
Randsom?"
mo, honey, nothin' hu'ts me er tall;
de difikilty is dat my bref is sorter
wraung"
You are dying, old man"
Yas, sab, an thank de Lawd fur It.
Use been in de dark er laung time. Mars
Bob, er mighty laung time, an now Use
gwine out inter de light. Desc ole eyes
o de body ain no count, but de eyes O.
de soul ken look at de glories O. de udder
wOrp."
Do you wish to leave any word for
your children, in the event that / should
ever see any Of them?'
"No, sab, nothin' in purticIer, only
dat l forgibs 'em. SOrter prop me up,
ef yer please, sab. Oar, dat'll do"
You are happy in the belief Of fu-
ture life, are you not?"
Oh. yas, sab; oh, yes. Eff dar want
no life arter dis de worl would be er
failure. De Lawd wouldn' wanter Gre
ate me ter be er slabe haf my life an
bin de udder haf if it want ter teach
me er gre't lesson.
[ "Whar dat light come from?" he said,
raising his hands. Mars Bob, Mars
Bob, ken see-I ken seei Look at de
light. Tidy" referring TO his wife, long
since dead, yer's fOJch a lamp 70 light
de ole man er way. Use gwine-Tse
gwinel De light gifts brighter an bright
er. Hop it up, hoI it up. Thank de
Lawd dar ain no mo night. Thank
The young man eesed him down. At
last the old man had seen his freedom,
Il GArkansaw Traveller.
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ohIirine r. PREACHER.

The Rev. DIR. s., who is prominent
divine in city not far from New York,
had been spending a few days-not in
this weather-on an island on the Maine
coast, and, intending TO depart on a
certain morning, he started for the boat
in company with a friend. A porter
followed with the doctors valise
Arriving at the wharf, they found that
to take advantage of the wind or tide
the boat had gone before the advertised
time.
Not aware Of the clerical character OF
the company, the porter swore several
shocking oaths in quick succession.
What do you think of that, doctor?"
asked his friend.
Well" said the doctor. slowly and
impressively, there are times when thc
services of a layman are indispensable. I"
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APPETIZERs
Dolly varden Plaster..

An amusing incident occurred recently
at a Seneca-strcet drug store.
A man had made several purchases,
and to the clerks inquiry il be wanted
anything else he replied:
Yes. there was something else my
wife wanted me 70 get. Let me sss,
what was it2 on, yes; some Dolly Var
den plasters."
What kind OF plasters3" asked the
clerk with a laugh.
Dolly Vardenl Dolly Warden r. vas
the answer, given with some show Of IL
ritation.
We'll, we've had some, but they're al
gone. 1 guess you mean bellsdons
Plasters."
Yes, that's it. / knew &c was sons
thing like that, and the customers per-
plexed couuteuance lighted up with 3
smile Of satisfactiOn.-LB Buffalo Courier
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Little Phil had always mentioned each
member Of the famjly in his evening
prayer. but the other night he left out
the baby.
Why, Phil you forgot your dear lit
tie brOrherl"
His black eyes flashed with the an
5weT-
" There's no room n my prayers fOC
my little brother; there's no room in
this house for him and what's more.
there never has been g'-l Newton llIass-l
Graphic
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Some Uses for Coneressrnen.

The life of a Congressman is not an
altogether happy one, judging from the
experiences recounted by many OF them.
According to the Washington Star,
member from Indiana was complaining
the other day of the variety of subjects
his constituents wrote to him about.
He had Just received a letter from 3
woman in his district, saying that her
husband had left her seven years ago and
asking the Congressman to go to the
census Office and find his present address.
Another, from feIlow-citizen, asked him
to write to the American minister at Rome
and get him an italian queen bee.
From which il would seem that there
are some uses for Congressman after all.
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You will come TO dear Johns funeral,
won { vous" said the weeping widow 70 q
lady friend
Yes. III try 70 csme.'
'' e. do dear. Your presence viii
comfort ms al my most rEiu- u.aI-l =ut.
And q take 1t Is paTtiel-L .."ar II
you'd ask Mr.. Oldboy to come a'-a. Try
and urge him to come He I= single get,
and used 70 be very fond 4 me before
was married to dear john '--. IhilZ6el-
phia Herald.
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Wen Named.

BaIston, the grocer, calls upon Juckles,
and, while in the drawing room. Jucklas'
little boy comes in and says:
You amt got bird like we have,
pointing 1T a cage.
Balston: That's a fact, my little
man"
Boy '' His name uster be Jim till We
guutre trade with you, an since then pa
has been calm him Balston."
BalstOn: All, and why does he do
THAR"
Boy: " Pa says he calls the bird Balls
ton because he's always got such q big
bill. Funny. ain itY'
Balstou says that it Is very funny. buE
he knows that when the next mouthly
account is made out somebody is going
to suffer Arkansaw Traveller
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The one ming NeedfnI. ,

When Ethalinda DeWiCgs visited heF
cousins in the country last week, one Of
them said:
Linda, don't you want to help me
pick peas this morning."
I'd ike to, dear, replied Ethalinda,
'' but am not properly dressed for pick
ing cas-
Why, how is that
] forgot 10 bring a pea-jacket with
me. - Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.